The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-11-24
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
PREPA NSMAKING FORTHE
ASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS-.
An Opinion of Pulitzer Who is Said to
be Trying to Make up to the President.
..PerSOnaI MentIOn. NC.

Mr.. George L. Rives has been appointed
First Assistant Secretary of State. Mr..
Rives is an active Democrat, is a native
of Virginia, but was at the time Of the
acceptance of the appointment, a member
of the New York bar His grandfather
was Senator from Virginia and served
twice as American Minister to France.
The new Secretary Is said TO have inherit
ed good deal of his ancestors ability.
Secretary Rves graduated at Columbia
College, New York, and at Trinity College,
Cambridge, England, where he received
the University prize for the Shakesperian
essay. He is thoroughly equipped for the
place, and the advent of "a Democrat III
the State department is hailed with de-
light Mr.. Bayard actually has about
four of his party associates around hlm,
now, and may have more, later.
The Capitol building is being rapidly
prepared for the coming OF Congress.
The improvements on the west front have
been seriously retarded on account OF the
inability of the contractor to get marble
in sufficient quantities from the quarrleS
The appearance of the building Will be
greatly enhanced when these improve
ments are completed. They will make
the height of the Capitol seem to be one
=
been converted into marble basement on
which the former west front seemed to
rest. This basement will be cut up into
committee rooms for the Senate and House.
\ grand double marble stairway Will be
constructed which will terminate at the
portico, opening on the rotunda. ms
stairway cannot be completed until the
Spring unless the weather is more than
ordinarily favorable. The heating and
ventllating apparatus has been oyerhauled
and improved Electric lights are beng
put up in the Senate side, and other
changes are being pushed forward with
the utmost dispatch. About one hundred
members are i'll the city, and several sub
committees We're in session during the
past week. Speaker Carlisle has been
here several days, and has had two or
three long private interviews with the
President. 1t is generally admitted that
the subject of conversation during these
conferent es is the proposed reduction of
the tariff The President will recommend
the early consideration of a tariff bill III
his message Secretary Fairchlld Will EN-
BODY a similar recommendation IN his
forthcoming report. Mr.. Carlisle Will en-
deavor to keep and carry out the terms OF
the compromise agreed upon last summer.
His re election to the Speakershlp, With
out material opposition, Is already assured
/ The ThOebe contest amounts to nothing.
Party unity is the thing aimed at now,
for, if the Democracy presents an undl-
vided front this winter and Will WORK tC
reduce the tariff on an equal basis, TO pass
the Blair bill and 70 reform and amend the
| Civil Service law, Interstate Commerce
law and other minor matters that occasion
discomfort and criticism, q sweeping vic
tory for the dominant party IS predicted
| 1888 In this connection. Will give you
! the opinion of Hon. W. 5. Holman who Is
/ now in the city He has been in Congress
! for the last twenty-five years, and ought
to be able TO forecast, in the light of sc
/ much experience, some OF the probable
! acts of the coming session. He says Car
! isle will be reelected Speaker without
/ trouble. He regards the Thobe contest a.
/ having no Importance. He thinks the
| chairman of the Ways and Means Com
4 mttee will no longer be considered the
leader Of the party on the floor 1hE
! committee has been shorn OF much Of 1t:
! power by having the appropriations elm
/ mated from it, and Mr. Holman consider;
the custom of regarding the chairman Of
/ it leader in the light of a precedent
which has fallen into ''innOcuOus desue
/ tude" Mr.. Holman says compromlst
tariff bill will certainly be passed. tie
| also thinks changes will be made III th'
| Civil Service law, and that the cOmlna
! Congress will have a quiet, working session
The Herald. paper published here con
tains the following, which will lnteres
your readers;
"a gentleman in this city, who has re
Gently spent some time IN RIO Janelro
says the Brazilian papers and society arr
criticising our Minister, Hon. Thomas }
Jarvis, quite severely for attending re
cent court ceremonial in an ordinary busl
ness suit. 1t is a small matter, perhaps
but The Herald would advise the Stat
department to impress on our foreign rep
resentatiyes the fact that either a dres
suit or a uniform is almost a necessity OF
all State occasions. JaryiS, though a self
made man, probably knew better. 1t /
even possible that he committed this breacl
of etiquette in order to catch the eye o
some of the thoroughly Democratic masse
in his own State. 1t is an open secre
that he is tired of the land of the Ande
and Amazon, and that his eyes rest long
ingly on the seat now occupied by Hon
NJ. W. Ransom in the United States Sen
ate"
1T is about time we had heard the en-
of this ssdress coat business. If a ma
want to wear a 'fspike," he has rlgh
not to do it. To be sure the CHRONICL
believes in doing as Romans when you ar
in Rome but all this criticism in the news
papers of Garland and Jarvis for not weal
ing the customary dress suit is fit onl
for dudes, and for folks who part thei
hair in the middle. EDITOR.
The Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, the remark
able editor and proprietor of the Ne
York World was in this city several day
this week 1t is said he came to make u
. with the President for the attitude a
sumed by the World towards Col Fellow
In the light of recent elections il is S
generally conceded that Mr.. Clevelan
will succeed himself, Mr.. Pulitzer desir,
to be identified with the winning MAJ
Pulitzer is quite a character. | am tol
by man who used to know him in thu
capacity. that he started life as IA stree
car driver in Cincinnati. His success Wit
the World which was languishing when /
took hold of it. has been marvellous. H
wife is one of the handsomest women
this coul.try He is one of the hOmelie
men. His income is half million a yea
His policy of conciliating the Presidel
is a new dodge, but it is certainly a Wi
course to pursue.
The Democratic majority in the ne.
House will be 15 Jonn Nichols was p'
down by the Associated Press last week
an "Independent." He was elected as
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